New Delhi, Dec 09: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Bhopal has sequenced the genome of…
Honour for Punjabi University, Patiala
New Delhi, Nov 22: Punjabi University, Patiala, has added a feather to its cap with Dr Himender Bharti, Head of its Department of Zoology and…
Study paves way for developing India-specific probiotics
New Delhi, Nov 20: The human gut contains 300-500 types of bacteria that are necessary for the survival of human beings. They help in digestion,…
Jurassic-age shark’s teeth discovered from Jaisalmer basin
New Delhi: In a rare discovery, researchers have found evidence of a new species of an extinct group of sharks called hybodont from the deserts…
New study to help develop salt-tolerant plants
New Delhi: Efforts to make use of mangrove plants to meet the increasing need for food production in the wake of a growing world population…
‘DESIGNS’ to conserve and restore Thar desert
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur has launched a new initiative to conserve and restore the Thar desert, its minerals and medicines, and its…
Mangroves under threat from growing human activities
New Delhi: Mangroves are tropical trees and shrubs found along tidal-estuaries, in salt marshes, and on muddy coasts. They are the only species of trees…
Scientists discover two species of few-electron bubbles in superfluid helium
New Delhi: In a new study, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have experimentally shown the existence of two species of few electron…